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Self Adjusting Elastic Gate.

Patented Oct. -8, 1867.

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IMPROVEMENT IN SELF-ADJUSTING ELASTIC GATE.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that 1, PETER S. REIST, of Oregon, Manheim township, county'of Lancaster, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new Self-Adjusting Elastic Gate for railroads, farms, or private use; and I do hereby declare the following to be an exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and tothe letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a perspective view of the elastic gate.

Figure 2 also a perspective view of the same, exhibiting the springs of India rubber or elastic material, and the gate of wood or metal bars.

' The nature of my invention consists in the construction of a double gate, opening in the centre, and made of India rubber or any elastic material, so as to'drive through the gate with horses and wagon, or a train of cars, whilst the gate is self-adjusting, opening and closing when the cars have passed through, the ends meeting in the centre, presenting the appearance of a tightly-closed gate, so that cattle will not attempt to pass through.

A represents the side posts, set on each side of the rails B of a railway track or carriage road. C O is the gate, formed oftwo sides, and made of solid sheet India rubber, (as shown at 1),) or in strips or bars, (as shown at E,) or of elastic springs G, with metallic or wooden bars or strips H, (as shown at J,) fig. 2. the gate opening at or near the centre, and intended to answer the purpose of a double or single gate.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure'hy Letters Patent, is-

The construction of self-adjusting elastic gate, as herein described and for the purposes set forth.

PETER S. REIST.

Witnesses:

J. FRANKLIN REIGART, -Lnw1s R. HmsHMAN. 

